Grant Resources

Afterschool.gov
Connecting you to federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours
Web Site: http://www.afterschool.gov

American Youth Work Center
Listing of potential grants
Web Site: http://www.youthtoday.org/youthtoday/grants.html

California Community Foundation
Building one community out of many by matching acts of caring to community needs.
Web Site: http://www.calfund.org/

California Department of Health Services – Office of Family Planning
A Request for Applications will be released in June for contracts to be awarded to Information and Education Programs that are designed to reduce teen pregnancy. Desirable elements of the programs range from prevention education, community awareness and mobilization activities, service learning, mentoring and linkages to clinical services.
Web Site: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ofp/OFP%20main/RFA.htm

Federal Mentoring Funding
Many federal grant programs have a focus on helping youth, after-school programs, and other related goals that mentoring programs may be able to apply for. Learn how to apply for federal mentoring funding.
Web Site: http://www.mentoring.org

The Finance Project
The Finance Project develops and disseminates information, knowledge, tools, and technical assistance for improved policies, programs, and financing strategies.
Web Site: http://www.financeproject.org/

Finding Funders
Web Site of Corporate Grantmakers
Web Site: http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/gws_corp/corp_a.html

The Foundation Center
Your Gateway to Philanthropy on the World Wide
Web Site: http://www.fdncenter.org

Grants.gov
This site allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.
Web Site: http://www.grants.gov

The Grantmanship Center
Community Foundations by State
Web Site: http://www.tgci.com

Grantwriters.com
As a service to local governments, community-based and non-profit organizations, we are pleased to offer this unique Web Site for grant and proposal writers.
Web Site: http://www.grantwriters.com/

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Incentive Program (NBPTS)
This program provides monetary incentive for National Board Certified Teachers in the form of a $20,000 pay incentive, paid in four annual installments.

Eligible applicants for the Incentive Award must be nationally certified by the NBPTS and assigned to teach in a K-12 high-priority school (API ranking of 5 or less).

Office: Education, Professional Development and Curriculum Support Division
Contact Name: Kay Garcia
Telephone: (916) 323-5832
E-Mail: kgarcia@cde.ca.gov
Web Site: http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ps/te/nbpts.asp

National Youth Development Information Center
Funding Opportunities for Youth Development Programs
Web Site: http://http://www.nydic.org/nydic/funding.html

NonProfit Gateway
A network of links to Federal government information and services
Web Site: http://www.nonprofit.gov/

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Grants and Funding
Web Site: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org

Proud Parenting
This program provides funds for the Proud Parenting Program in local communities. Program sites may include juvenile detention facilities, alternative schools, or youth centers. The program is designed to strengthen parenting knowledge and skills, provide structured family activities that give participants an opportunity to apply what they have learned, provide participants with positive adult role models who reinforce what is learned in the classroom, and foster healthy youth development through mentoring.

Eligible applicants are local government agencies and nonprofit organizations.

Office: Youth Authority, Prevention and Victim Services
Contact Name: Carol Barker
Telephone: (714) 891-8932
E-Mail: cbarker@cya.ca.gov
Web Site: http://www.cya.ca.gov/juvenile/fathers.html

SchoolGrants
Your One-Stop Site for K-12 Grant Opportunities
Web Site: http://www.schoolgrants.org/about.htm

Society of Research Administrators International
The Grant Resources page is a great resource for researching available public, private and Government grants.
Web Site: http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm

U.S. Department of Education
Information on finding and applying for Grants and Contracts
Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/topics/topicsTier2.jsp?&top=Grants+%26+Contracts&subtop=Finding+%26+applying